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Munāẓara-yi Baḥr al-ʿulūm Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī Burūjirdī Ṭabāṭabāʾī (1212 HQ) bā Yahūdiyān-i Dhu ʼl-Kifl : Guzārishhā-yi ʿArabī u Fārsī

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In the history of Islam, Muslim-Jewish polemics have been documented from the earliest times and studies on this subject abound. The present work is a case in point. In the spring of the year 1211/1796, the famous Shīʿī scholar Sayyid Muḥammad Mahdī al-Ḥusaynī al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī (d. 1212/1797) was on his way from Mashhad to visit the holy shrine of Imam Ḥusayn in Karbala, accompanied by a flock of his senior students. When they reached the town of al-Kifl, less than 20 km north of Najaf and home to a community of over 3.000 Jews, a delegation of the latter came to see Ṭabāṭabāʾī in the caravanserai where was staying, wishing to engage in a debate with him. The text presented here is an account of Ṭabāṭabāʾī's detailed listing of the contradictions and errors in Judaism as seen by him, a listing that remained largely unanswered. Arabic text, with a Persian translation from before 1238/1822-3.


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Eine Religionskonferenz in Persien
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ISBN: 9783451329043 3451329042 Year: 2019 Publisher: Freiburg Herder

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"In diesem fiktiven Disputationsroman aus dem 6. Jahrhundert gibt sich ein anonymer byzantinischer Autor als Augenzeuge einer Religionskonferenz am persischen Konigshof aus. Nachdem eine Gruppe christlicher Bischöfe sich nacheinander gegen die Hellenen, den zoroastrischen Obermagier und zwei jüdische Rabbinen durchgesetzt hat, kommt es zu einer Spaltung unter den Juden Persiens. Der Held der Erzählung ist der hochgebildete Philosoph, oberste Leibwächter und Mitregent des persischen Königs Aphroditian, der als Schiedsrichter die Vereinbarkeit von hellenischer Kultur und Christentum propagiert, aber mit Kritik an den zerstrittenen Christen nicht spart und für einen friedlichen Ausgang des Treffens sorgt. In dieser Utopie einer gewaltfreien Auseinandersetzung der Religionen hat der wahrscheinlich christliche Autor seine Kritik an den religionspolitischen und kirchlichen Zuständen im Byzanz seiner Zeit literarisch verarbeitet. Diese Ausgabe bietet erstmals eine vollständige deutsche Ü̈bersetzung und Kommentierung des Werkes. In der ausführlichen Einleitung werden die offenen Forschungsfragen zu Datierung, Autorschaft und Intentionen diskutiert und die vielfa︡ltigen antiken Quellen sowie die reiche Rezeption in der byzantinischen und slavischen Welt erschlossen."-- "In this fictional 6th-century debate novel, an anonymous Byzantine author claims to be an eyewitness to a religious conference at the Persian royal court. After a group of Christian bishops has prevailed against the Hellenes, the Zoroastrian chief magician and two Jewish rabbis, there is a split among the Jews of Persia. The hero of the story is the highly educated philosopher, supreme bodyguard and co-regent of the Persian king Aphroditian, who as an arbitrator propagates the compatibility of Hellenic culture and Christianity, but does not save criticism of the disputed Christians and ensures a peaceful outcome of the meeting. In this utopia of a non-violent confrontation of religions, the probably Christian author has literarily processed his criticism of the religious and church conditions in the Byzantium of his time. For the first time, this edition offers a complete German translation and commentary on the work. In the detailed introduction, open research questions about dating, authorship and intentions are discussed and the diverse ancient sources and rich reception in the Byzantine and Slavic world are opened up." --Translated from back cover

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